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Cardiovascular Therapy in the 2020s

As part of the BioMed Conference, a Cardiovascular Technology Workshop will be held on Monday, June 14, 12:00–18:30 at the Dan Panorama Hotel, Tel Aviv This message is also available online   Cardiovascular Therapy in the 2020s An ILSI-BioMed Workshop Sponsored by As part of the BioMed Conference, a Cardiovascular Technology Workshop will be held on Monday, June 14, 12:00–18:30 at the Dan Panorama Hotel, Tel Aviv.The most acclaimed inte...

Medtronic buys ATS: Cardiology Shopping Spree Is Not Over

Last week Medtronic announced its plan to acquire the American ATS Medical for $370 million in cash and debt - an offer that represents a 54 percent premium over ATS Medical’s closing price of $2.54 the day before. The move is supposed to strengthen Medtronic's position in the expanding cardiovascular market. It adds to a series of purchases made by the medical device giant in the last two years, paying a total of more than $2 Billion. In 2009, Medtronic has spent over $1 billion to ...

The Power Solution: Thermoelectric Generators to Sustain Implanted Medical Devices

Efficient thermoelectric generators were recently published as a possibly efficient way to sustain implanted medical devices Let's face it: we're dealing with an aging population. There's no way around this fact, and the obvious implication is that in the future we're going to need better heart pacemakers and better systems for insulin injection. The future seems to be heading towards more sophisticated implantable machinery, be it pacemakers or sustainable drug-release devices inside the bod...

The Potential of Smart-phones in Biomedicine

Medical apps for iPhone can be found aplenty, and soon to come are biomedical apps that interact with implants and monitor vital signs. A few weeks ago I received my first iPhone, and ever since I’ve had a blast of a time. This single, tiny device, can take the place of so many other utilities: books, movie and music players and yes – even portable game systems. It all depends on the apps you choose to download to your iPhone, of which there is a wide variety. Of all the applications I ve...

Start-up Weekly: Arineta

Developing a dedicated CT device to be used in cardiology departments, for fast and easy diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. Name: Arineta LTD Founders: Dr. Ehud Dafni and MR. CEO: Dr. Ehud Dafni Sector: Medical Devices Sub-Sector: Imaging Medical Field: Cardiovascular Est.: 2006 Stage: Seed Vision: To make heart CT examination part of the regular treatment that every heart patient receives, thereby leading to earlier diagnosis of heart diseases, better treatment and dec...